St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-11-03
VERMONT NEWS.
Gored by a nun.

Frank McCauley of Shoreham was
gOred by bull there few days since.
Mr.. McCauley was in the stall trying
to hitch the bull and had got him
hitched up, but not so tightly but that
the bull got at him before he could get
out, and came near killing him. A
workman OH the farm happened to be
at hand and dragged Mr.. McCauley
away from the animals head and out
of the stall, thus saving his life, be-
yOnd doubt. AS it was, McCauley's
jaw was broken in two places, and his
left side was STAYED in about an inch,
but no ribs were broken. When taken
out McCauley's chin was away round
OH one side of his face. 1t is now be-
lieved the injured man will recover.
The bull was big HOlstein, weighing
$500 pounds. He was shot and people
gathered from all the surrounding re-
giOn to see him slain. He was called
Indian Chief, and was noted for stock
getting.
Harry j. Fleury has been appointed
postmaster at Isle La Motto.
Mrs. Moses Sharkey at st. Adams
tried to light fire with kerosene the
other morning when the oil exploded
Dan Brown, who escaped from New
port Jail some time ago has just been
sentenced to three years confinement
in st. Vincent de Paul penitentiary for
theft at MasOnville recently.
James Riley, a marble pOlisher, re-
Gently in the employ of the Vermont
marble company at Proctor, was killed
on the track near Rutland by the Bur-
lingtOn express Friday evening.
At the annual meeting of the YER
mont Bible society held recently at
Barre, Rev. Homer Eaton, d. D., of
Burlington delivered the address and
Hon. Joseph Poland was elected presi-
dent.
George Mcintosh of New York city,
aged "a years, died suddenly at Bar
rett's hotel, Waterbury, Monday, fall
ing from his chair while seated in the
Office. He was apparently in his usual
health. Paralysis was the cause.
Vermont has 1926 pensioners to
whom are paid annually $190,20O.
Among them is man who draws So a
month, and whose reputed wealth is
over 100000. He has asked for an
increase to 81 month and was among
the first to apply for pension.
Tuesday morning train of loaded
freight cars, minus the locomotive,
started from Williamstown junction
for Barre depot, they became unman-
ageable by the brakes, and struck the
locomotive of another train, telescOp-
ing the cars. The train men all jump
ed in time to avoid injury.
Fire broke out Saturday morning in
the Center Rutland hotel and burned
fiercely for three hours, destroying the
hotel, stable and large tenement
house. Loss $4,000 insurance $4,000.
The fire caught on the roof around the
burb of Rutland, has no fire apparatus.
An Australian sheep dealer has just
paid visit to Middlebury to select and
buy about Is head of the best speci-
mems of Spanish merinO sheep he can
find in the state. He has bought 20
rams and so ewes, besides a pair of
twin two-year-old rams for which he
paid E. N. Bessell $4OO. The entire
purchase amounted to several thousand
dollars.
The 18th annual meeting of the YER
mont Dairymen's Association will be
held January next. The officers in
charge are endeavOring to secure the
services of those men who are regard
ed as authority in the various depart
ments of the dairy industry, and pro
vide such other attractions as will rem
der it meeting of unusual interest.
Persons desiring this meeting in their
vicinity are invited to correspond with
us, showing what Inducements can be
offered to locate with them. E. L..
Bass, Sec, West Randolph.